The town council roads committee has tried to map a private road plan that balances private benefit and public funds for the better part of four years.

Come June 19, committee members believe it’s time for the full council to help determine the preferred route.

At its June 3 meeting, the roads committee worked toward a June 19 presentation and discussion with the full town council. The idea is to get the viable options and perhaps a recommendation in front of the council of a broader discussion later.

Among those options is a limited override this fall to cover $250,000 in road layout and design costs to take private portions of three highly traveled roads: Mary Dunn Road in Barnstable Village, Wakeby Road in Marstons Mills, and Old Strawberry Hill Road in Centerville and Hyannis.

In part, the smaller override is seen as a test of voter appetite for a larger, permanent override, perhaps $2.5 to $3 million, annually dedicated for road improvements. There are no decisions on whether the broader override makes sense, but the committee believes it’s time for the full town council to tackle the issue.

Councilor Leah Curtis, who chairs the roads committee, would like to see a recommendation come forward as part of the June 19 presentation. Curtis said that without any recommendation of request of the council to act, the report will be more of the same, just talk.

Road committee members differ in opinion on what approach is best, but are confident that they’ve looked at all options. Committee member and Osterville councilor Jim Crocker said that because there was disagreement on the option, each probably received more and better attention than if there was agreement going in.

The committee is working with Barnstable finance Director Mark Milne on other funding options instead of an override. Milne said that whatever the funding source, the plan should be put through the same level of review as all other capital requests.

“It should be evaluated against all other projects in the capital plan,” Milne advised.

Members of the roads committee agreed.

As an override recommendation was considered three years ago, the town administration worked out a plan to better maintain Barnstable’s public roads to the tune of $3.25 million annual within existing revenues.

Left out of that plan was how to address the town’s private roads, which are greater in number and road miles than public ways.